Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2010 2011 2012

Details for Mechanism ID: 10982
Country/Region: India
Year: 2012
Main Partner: U.S. Department of Defense
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Other USG Agency
Funding Agency: USDOD
Total Funding: $0

Indian Armed Forces personnel are an at-risk population as soldiers are generally young, mobile, separated from their families, and exposed to commercial sex workers. The Department of Defense (DOD) in collaboration with the US Pacific Command/Center of Excellence (PACOM/COE) has supported the Indian Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) since 2004 to build their capacity to provide HIV prevention, care and treatment services to military personnel and their families. These activities are a continuing collaboration to improve capacity to address HIV care and treatment at military medical facilities. The program targets the military population and their families in India.

The proposed training activities, along with support from DOD HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP), will enable AFMS to establish its own military training capacities to provide HIV prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

The USPACOM HIV/AIDS Strategy builds upon and leverages its established working relationships with military partners and civilian experts and its access to technical expertise in the field to prevent the transmission of HIV in the Asia Pacific/South Asia Region. In India, this strategy supports and augments the Indian militarys evolving comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention program by building and improving human resources. The goal of the DOD is to transition the DOD/AFMS partnership to a technical assistance model through which sustainable capacity will be developed or enhanced in the AFMS. Achievement of targets and success of activities will be monitored through post-training meetings and written communication.

All proposed activities are funded with available pipeline and are included in the FY12 COP with a $0 budget.

Funding for Treatment: Adult Treatment (HTXS): $0

Activities under Adult Treatment have traditionally focused on strengthening the human resource capacity of the AFMS to provide a high quality of treatment to HIV-positive soldiers and to ensure that the AFMS has the critical medical supplies available when providing treatment and care services. Discussions with AFMS led to selection of training programs as activities in FY12. Ministry of Defense has approved AFMS participation in the training. This course will enhance AFMS capability in HIV prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, surveillance and M&E. Activity 1: DOD India will provide training for three Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) HIV physicians at the 4- week Military International HIV Training Program (MIHTP) in San Diego, California, USA. This course is a military to military training, offered by DOD HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP). MIHTP is a collaboration of the Naval Medical Center, San Diego (NMCSD) and two San Diego universities - the University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University. The Naval Health Research Center provides operational support through the DHAPP. DHAPP has facilitated the establishment of this mini-residency in HIV/AIDS clinical management located in San Diego, California for foreign military medical personnel currently dealing with HIV/AIDS in their country. MIHTP is funded by the US Department of Defense as an international assistance program, and is designed to promote HIV prevention, care and treatment through training of military medical providers and country assistance in strengthening or development and implementation of HIV programs. An effective response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic requires expertise, experience and training in the prevention and management of people infected with HIV. This program was established to use the HIV expertise in three closely associated San Diego institutions. The course provides training of medical military personnel actively caring for HIV-infected patients. The course provides clinical training in HIV-related patient management, epidemiology, and public health. Activity 2: DOD India will be sending 2 attendees from the Indian Military as a part of the country delegation to the 2012 International Military HIV/AIDS Conference (IMilHAC): Re-Energizing HIV Campaigns, which will be held 7-10, May 2012, in Maputo, Mozambique. The conference is being organized by The Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique (FADM), and the U.S. DOD, and will be attended by approximately 400 participants from over 70 countries engaged in the military partnership against HIV/AIDS. The mission of the 2012 IMilHAC is to bring together international military leadership and HIV/AIDS specialists, multilateral organizations, U.S. DoD/PEPFAR Program Managers and Headquarters staff, non-governmental organizations, and academia to share best practices in leadership, HIV prevention and care and treatment. The objectives for the conference are: 1. Highlight the role of leadership in successful military HIV/AIDS programs 2. Emphasize the best military health system practices in HIV prevention, care, treatment, and strategic information. 3. Facilitate military to military technical assistance, networking and partnerships. 4. Consolidate advances in military medical HIV programs to support an agile, effective, and sustainable response to the epidemic.

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